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2 out of 5
Four Courts Hostel
15-17 Merchant's Quay, Dublin, County Dublin

Reviews

7.8

Good

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Rating 8 - Good. 51 out of 100 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 16 out of 100 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 3 out of 100 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 5 out of 100 reviews" "

8.2/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

7.2/10

Amenities

7.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Absolutely loved this place. Clean and convenient. Front desk was excellent and I will be staying here again when I return.
Stayed 8 nights in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Cveta, Edinburgh

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The room had a kettle, coffee, and cups. I know it's not a big deal for them, but for travellers, saving a few Euros each day on a coffee is nice and adds up. The staff was friendly. Breakfast is super basic, but again, more than most hostels I've stayed at! Great location, near shopping, dining, and airport bus routes! Highly recommend.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
You have to do your own dishes but that adds a form style charm that I loved.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Katya

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Super friendly and helpful staff. Comfy bed, spacious dorm room; though I couldn't open the window. I'd stay here again.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with family, Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
They are missing the basic elements of stay....cleanliness of room, bathroom amenities and operation....there is no soap, bathroom is a little smelly and shower is leaky. Can not control the day water temperature. Breakfast has no fruits, no napkins....basic stuff is missing. Room has a large window that cannot be closed at all.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I found it was a lovely place close too temple bar and the train station
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
This is the first time I stayed in a hostel. This place is excellent. Porick and Jason could not be more helpful and accomodating. Facilities are clean and well maintained by a staff that really cares about your comfort. I feel like I am at a 5 store (dormitory) hotel for the price of a breakfast...and breakfast is included!!!! I hope the hostels I am staying at on my 3 day coach tour are as nice but I have a feeling that these guys are a breed apart from the rest!
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

8/10 Good

TimMcC, Langley, BC

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Our room was simple and completely adequate for a day out and about in Dublin. The breakfast was simple (cereal and toast) but worked fine for us. Provided parking was much less expensive than the parkades, in spite of being a little tricky to find. Staff were friendly and helpful.
Stayed 1 night in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 3 nights in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Ann Marie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in May 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with family, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
People were very nice and helpful. We only used this place for one night and choose this place only because it was the starting point of the Shamrock Tour. We had a private room, but the halls echo and the doors slam shut, so it was very hard to get a good night's sleep with people coming in and out. We did have our own toilet and sink. We were on the floor with private rooms and there is only one shower for the entire floor.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff are so friendly and welcoming when you arrive at this hostel! Always willing to help when needed.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

8/10 Good

Zenon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

8/10 Good

Steven

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Basic and convenient
The hostel is nicely situated on the river near the 747 airport bus stop. It’s next to the oldest pub in Ireland and a 15 minute walk from the national gallery. Quiet, polite, basic and friendly, with an array of tours on offer. The breakfast was toast and cereal though. Not great.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Patricia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Will return
Very nice, interesting friendly staff! Just perfect. Will return!
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

kerim

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Ok
It was nice hostel.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Lady with black hair in the kitchen demanded that I wash my breakfast bowl. Man at the front counter was helpful. Middle aged couple entered the room at 3am and the husband started coughing and then threw up on his bed and went to sleep in it.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Rude staff, and I was denied entry claiming I was drunk. It was 2 in the afternoon, my flight arrived at 8am so had been awake mega early. I hardly qualify having 3 pints of Guinness being drunk. Won’t return. Actually spoiled my stay in Dublin.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

6/10 Okay

karla

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Good area. Not so cute
This room was very tiny, beds weren't very comfortable Staff was great, Great location.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
We stayed here because we had an overnight layover in Dublin. Very nice staff, very clean hosel, and very affordable. Would recommend to anyone.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018

8/10 Good

Natascha, Hamburg

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Friendly welcome, family room includes everything you need for a short stay . We would stay there again
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness
Nothing to crow or cry about. Fair for the price.
The Four Courts Hostel is conveniently located and my visit was fine, by and large. The building and its facilities do feel a bit dated, but things were clean and never seemed unhygienic. I was in a mixed dorm room and the bunk beds, whilst not super-comfy, were fine and did have those handy charging points built into the headrests. Also, there were roll-out cages beneath each bunk bed big enough for an airline standard sized carry-on suitcase, a day bag, a pair of shoes, and other bits and bobs. These were lockable – bring a padlock! – and I felt my stuff was secure whenever I was out. The shower is one of those "press this button every 30 seconds or the water will stop" deals. The free breakfast is a bit disappointing. I've been to hostels all over the world and am familiar with different interpretations of a continental breakfast, but theirs is just a couple types of cereal, a milk dispenser, bins of sliced store bread next to toasters, a few communal dishes of jam, two jugs of watery squash, and a coffee and hot water canteen. My first day, I arrived 1 hour into the 2.5 hour breakfast window only to find they were out of the cereal I wanted and had only a couple end slices of bread left. After ten minutes of seeing no attempt by the staff to replenish anything, I asked if more cereal or bread were coming. After another five minutes or so, some materialised. I made sure to get down at the very start of the breakfast period after that! ;-)
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2018

6/10 Okay

VisitortoDublin, Canada

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Like: I picked it because I was joining the Shamrocker Adventure Tour which departs here. It is too pricey for the facilities. Breakfast ok, cereal and toast, coffee, etc. Dislike: my room is very close to the smoking area. Smoke seeps through our dorm door. Bathroom shower area has a funny curtain that does not block water, so it was flooded evry time someone showers.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

8/10 Good

A.M., Seattle, WA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I'd stay again. Very basic but had all I needed. Good location, nice staff. Clean.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2018

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I was very disappointed in my stay at Four Courts. The check in process was chaotic, and then the elevator was broken. The cages to keep your luggage in were so difficult to open and so loud, I left my stuff in the middle of the room because I had to leave at 5 am. The beds were incredibly uncomfortable, and I’ve never stayed at a hostel that doesnt even supply a hand dryer in the restroom. I’ve stayed in multiple hostels in Dublin and this was the worst.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Noisy, uncomfortable, small beds
Worst hostel I've stayed in. -Noisy well past 3am (screaming, pounding on walls/doors, stomping through hallways) -Short twin beds. Impossible to fit if over 5'9. Couldn't possibly recommend this place to my worst enemy.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

10/10 Excellent

Lynnea, Canada

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
A nice place in the heart of down town. Everything was a quick walk away. Very close.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

8/10 Good

Cody

Simple, clean accommodations, GREAT LOCATION!
Stayed in a small room for 2 with bunk bed and a private bathroom. Simple accommodations but everything was clean and the staff was very nice! Couldn't beat the location, just a 5 minute walk to the Temple Bar district, if that. Just wish check out was a little later than 10:30am being our first night in town and obviously staying out late (Saturday Night). Would recommend to travelers on a budget.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great hostel. Helpful staff, great dorms with personal light, power and USB ports, and plenty of public space to hang in. Only spent 11pm - 8am there but was happy!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018

10/10 Excellent

jordan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice place
Nice staff and lovely location
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018

10/10 Excellent

BEAT

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A great Stay
Came after midnight, friendly and efficient check-in. Reachable by public Bus from airport. Despite 10 bed dorm, fellow travellers were confide rate and no noise. Breakfast marginal, but sufficient w toast and simple cereal, but great coffee. Given price, perfectly satisfied! Would love to come back and explore area. Super friendly staff.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018

8/10 Good

Miguel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Decent budget option
Decent hostel overall, with wifi in all rooms, decent sized common areas and rooms weren't cramped. Check-in was 24h and hassle free. Excellent for arriving late night. The bed is already set and ready for you, so no need to worry about wrestling wiht he bunk beds trying to dress your bed at 1am. Breakfast was very simple. No fruits or ham/cheese for the toasts (only butter/jam). No napkins to be found anywhere either. Beds had a charging station with socket and usb, as well as a light. I stayed in room 001 (10 beds) and there was 1 toilet+shower for all of us, so it slightly inconvenient in the morning. Overall an ok budget place.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great stay!!!
Great Hostel, very friendly and helpful staff. Thank you!!!
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2018

10/10 Excellent

Dorotka

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
You get what you pay for! Stay is relatively cheap so the rooms are just average. Just a place to lay your head at nice.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2018

8/10 Good

Fran, California

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Only stayed here for two days but a pretty nice hostel one of the better ones that I've experienced. I do have a couple of complaints which are beyond the control of the staff but it seemed that our floor (1st floor) must have been very popular as you can hear other guests coming and going very loudly throughtout the night. First night I slept fine but 2nd night the noise was too much. Also it seemed like our floor was uneven and tilted to one side as I felt I would slide off the bunk bed at any moment. Despite that the room gave us what we needed for the 2 nights, close to Brazen head literally just around the corner and the staff was amazingly helpful and kind. They are always willing to do anything they can to make you feel at home. Would stay here again.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2018

8/10 Good

Fernando, Mexico

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hostel
The hostel delivers what they promise. It's nice and clean, the furniture and bathrooms all work fine. The beds are actually comfortable, so that's a plus for a hostel. Keep in mind it's still a hostel, so there are all sorts of people living there, nothing bad though.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2018

10/10 Excellent

Margaret

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great female dorms
The reception staff were lovely and I had an all female room even though I don't remember paying extra for this. The room had the best en-suite bathroom. There were 2 rooms really, the actual bathroom and a dressing room area with fancy make up mirrors. This was really useful for getting dressed and organised in the morning without disturbing others in the room. Breakfast was free but I was gone too early to enjoy it. All the corridors are painted bright yellow and it's very cheerful, bright and safe. Re the location, I walked there at 10pm and it was totally ok but this hostel is located near a hostel for the homeless. I did see some homeless people queuing but I just felt sorry for them and they didn't impact my safety in any way. There was zero trouble because of the location and I'd happily return.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
a very good for value hostel. but awful beds!
From the outside it looks very run down. But when inside its very smart and presentable. The staff are very friendly and helpful. The free breakfast is good, but theres not much choice. But it is enough to last you till lunchtime... My biggest negative is the comfort of the beds. I had a very sore back from them.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2018